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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree notice as being odd when she and Dab and Brother Rush get back in the car?

2. Why does M'Vy say she kept quiet about her family?

3. Who is Don?

4. What does Tree see when she takes Brother Rush's gloves?

5. What does Tree feel about Dab's illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tree's discovery of Dab's death.

2. How is the relationship with Tree and Miss Pricherd different at the end of the book?

3. Describe Tree's relationship with Silversmith.

4. Why does Tree get upset when M'Vy says that it is time to go out?

5. What does Tree learn when she sees Brother Rush after Dab's death?

6. Describe Dab's admittance into the hospital.

7. How is Dab described when Tree visits him in chapter 11?

8. What is Tree's nightmare?

9. What does Tree see when she takes off Brother Rush's gloves?

10. Describe Brother Rush's house, when Brother Rush takes Tree and Dab there.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the rules for the alternate reality Tree travels to? Is it a dream, or is it really another time? Who else has the power to go back and forth? Do you think Tree will see Dab in her little room one day?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? For what purposes would you recommend "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush", and what kinds of readers would you not recommend it for? What book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", another book in which children are transported into another world through a special portal.

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